1.3 Water-dependent asset register for the Cooper subregion

Executive summary

The water-dependent asset register for the Cooper subregion is a simple and authoritative list of assets within the preliminary assessment extent that are potentially affected by changes in water due to coal seam gas and coal mining development.

This register was extracted from the subregion's asset database in August 2015.

Preliminary assessment extent

The preliminary assessment extent for the Cooper subregion encompasses approximately 70,589 square kilometres. It includes areas that have potential for changes in water due to future coal seam gas developments. This includes limited areas downstream and outside the subregion boundary. Although coal does occur throughout the subregion no economically viable deposits have been defined in the Cooper subregion.

Water-dependent assets

There are a total of 1549 water-dependent assets in the Cooper subregion preliminary assessment extent.

Ecological water-dependent assets

There are 1516 ecological water-dependent assets. They include:

one threatened ecosystem

two internationally important bird habitats

the habitat of 12 protected species

many wetlands.

Economic water-dependent assets

There are seven economic water-dependent assets, including water access licences.